Flag

Photographer Saeko Shirasu captures a flag raised amid the civil war in Uddiyana. Her photograph becomes a symbol of hope for peace, but when extremists steal the flag itself, its recovery takes on an importance far beyond a single object.

Saeko joins a special United Nations unit as it prepares a mission using advanced combat vehicles. Through her camera, she records the soldiers, their uncertain operation and the human cost of a conflict that her famous image can neither explain nor resolve on its own.